Southern states were known as the cotton kingdom because the cotton population in the south was rapidly growing. Rich plantation owners would grow cotton and sell them to the New England region to make clothes etc.
The answer is letter a. Big business should be regulated by
government. Many progressives believed
that when big business runs unchecked not only does it destroy smaller
businesses but also increases the gap between the rich and the poor because it
tends to take all the profits leaving those who worked so hard with very
little. Sometimes big business left
unchecked can also resort to unlawful business operations that destroy lives.
